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Rows in strawberry field with fruit on plants. (Source: USDA-NRCS)

Alert system helps strawberry growers reduce costs

Last Updated: April 24, 2024
 

Florida’s strawberry growers fight a constant battle against fruit rot because of the state's subtropical climate. Growers use an online tool that evaluates local climate data to save money by spraying fields only when the plant diseases are a threat.


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Wisconsin reforestation project with rows of cultivated pine seedlings.  (Source: Wisconsin DNR)

And the trees will last forever

Last Updated: April 24, 2024
 

In northern Wisconsin, tribal foresters from the Menominee Nation are working to speed the regeneration of forest areas that have been cleared to prevent the spread of diseases. Their efforts to create a climate-informed reforestation strategy are also creating forests that are better adapted to future conditions.


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Debris from large rockslide blocking westbound lanes on Interstate 40 in Buncombe County, NC. (Source: NCGS)

Asheville makes a plan for climate resilience

Last Updated: April 24, 2024
 

Asheville, N.C., used the U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit’s Steps to Resilience framework to host a series of planning workshops. Residents and local leaders identified the city’s primary hazards, located the physical assets most vulnerable to those hazards and investigated response and preparedness options.


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Green space in Asheville’s River Arts District. (Source: Andrea Webster/NC Office of Recovery and Resiliency)

Asheville transportation project integrates green infrastructure to manage flooding

Published: March 1, 2024
 

The River Arts District in Asheville, N.C., was vulnerable to flooding due to its location within the floodplains of both the French Broad and Swannanoa Rivers. The City of Asheville used the River Arts District Transportation Improvement Project to reinvigorate the area and manage flooding on-site.


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The North Fork Water Dam in 2021 after improvements financed with a green bond. (Source: City of Asheville)

Asheville uses green bonds to improve drinking water infrastructure

Published: March 1, 2024
 

In 2007, the City of Asheville Water Resources Department issued a routine water revenue bond to reduce water leaks and keep pump stations online during power outages. In 2015, Asheville reissued the completed project’s debt at a lower interest rate using a green bond.


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